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Japan, US agree on missile defence cooperation Tokyo, Dec. 17 (VNA) - Japan and the United States signed an agreement on Friday that stipulates the details of bilateral cooperation on a ballistic
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Red Sox sweep Cardinas to win first crown since 1918 The Boston Red Sox ended 86 years of futility and won their first crown of the World Series since 1918 on Wednesday
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Netflix CEO Rates Blockbuster, Amazon Threats (Reuters) Reuters - Netflix Inc chief\executive Reed Hastings said on Friday that Blockbuster Inc has\more to lose in the war for online DVD renters than emerging\foe
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Controversy Delays Net Song-Swap Bill in Senate (Reuters) Reuters - A measure that would make it easier\to sue online file-trading networks like Kazaa and Morpheus\failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday
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NL Wrap: Cubs Edge Expos to Maintain Wild-Card Pace NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs registered an important victory in their battle for the National League wild-card berth, edging out the
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British FM pledges support for Palestinian vote (AFP) AFP - Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw pledged full support for the Palestinian election to find a successor to Yasser Arafat after paying homage
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American Gatlin becomes world #39;s fastest man Justin Gatlin of the United States became the fastest man in the world after winning the men #39;s 100 meters dash at the 28th Olympic
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Ouch! Yankees hit new low INDIANS 22, YANKEES 0---At New York, Omar Vizquel went 6-for-7 to tie the American League record for hits as Cleveland handed the Yankees the largest loss in
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iTunes Music Store Blankets EU (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Apple Computer (Nasdaq: AAPL) announced Tuesday the expansion of its well-received iTunes Music Store to nine additional European Union countries. The European version of
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Palestinians granted free movement Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that he won Israel #39;s agreement to permit freedom of movement for Palestinians when they hold elections for a successor to
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Man hurt keeping his tiger from teen ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. - The owner of a wildlife sanctuary was injured by a 350-pound Siberian tiger that was startled by a 14-year-old boy at
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Rumors of Next Generation of Ipods xyankee writes quot;Apple is on the verge of releasing a 60GB iPod that will not only hold a ton of music, but also sport photo-viewing capabilities!
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Tick for special offers/news from GQ.COM and partners Virgin Airlines has outclassed its counterparts once again by announcing that, by 2006, passengers will be able to travel to space aboard the Virgin
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Bond Sales Feed Worries On Sept. 9, as it must frequently do, the US government turned to Wall Street to raise a little cash, and Paul Calvetti bet that demand for \$9
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Calif. sues 4 major insurers SAN DIEGO -- Four major insurance companies paid a broker tens of millions of dollars in hidden kickbacks in exchange for winning contracts with some of the
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NASA Urged for Infrared Camera in Hubble Scientists who have peered through space to a time when light first filled the universe urged NASA (news - web sites) on Thursday to ensure
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Emlyn Hughes factfile Born August 28 in Barrow-in-Furness, the son of former Barrow and England rugby league player Fred Hughes. After just 31 league and cup appearances for the Seasiders, signed by
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U.S.: High Oil Price Due to Supply Fears MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Supply and demand in the oil market are roughly in balance and current high prices are due to the possibility of
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Indians regroup, look to Loaiza The contract offer that Indians general manager Mark Shapiro had made Friday to left-hander David Wells got turned down, as Wells agreed to a two-year deal with
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Teacher calls prince a cheat PRINCE Harry has been cleared of cheating to obtain his art A-level pass, despite a secret tape recording in which he allegedly admitted he did only #39;a
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Quite a swing for Daly-Donofrio She would be lying if she said she saw this coming. quot;I really wasn't expecting much, because I had been playing so poorly, quot; said Heather Daly-Donofrio.
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Bargain-hunting, Iraq deal push up US shares NEW YORK : US share prices surged on Wednesday as bargain hunting and news of a peace deal in the Iraqi city of Najaf overcame
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Multiplex secures Ronin bid MULTIPLEX Group has seen off a late challenge to its takeover of Ronin Property Group, yesterday securing a crucial stake that all but guarantees a successful bid and
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Rescuing the orphans of Chechnya A decade ago, when Hadijat Gatayeva risked her life to pluck orphaned children out of the blackened ruins of her native Chechnya, she never imagined that the
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Vikings ink Morten Andersen Eden Prairie, MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Vikings attempted to shore up their kicking game Tuesday when the team signed veteran Morten Andersen and released Brett Conway.
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UPDATE 3-Continental Air to cut 425 jobs, warns on wages Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to eliminate about 425 management and clerical jobs, and wage cuts may be next
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Domestic robots to surge to 4.1 million by 2007 GENEVA - The use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors, pull guard duty and perform other chores is set
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Nokia says cellphone future is smart #39; Monaco ITWeb, 3 November 2004 - Nokia unveiled several new products, including a Web-browsing, image-oriented wide-screen handset, at its mobility conference in Monaco, where the
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Wall Street Looks Set for a Mixed Start PARIS (Reuters) - Wall Street looked set for a mixed start on Thursday as oil prices remained near two-week highs and investors braced for
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Pre-Dinosaur Reptile Discovered -- Long-Necked Hunter The ancient reptile had short and broad limbs with relatively few bones in the wrist and ankle joints, an indication that it was more adapted to
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Iran: U.N. Uranium Program Ban 'Illegal' (AP) AP - Iran on Sunday denounced as "illegal" demands from the U.N. atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment #151; a
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TI Working on Television Chip for Phones for 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc. has begun developing a chip that could bring television shows to mobile phone screens in three
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Stocks Flat as Oil, Retail Sales Weigh US stocks opened little changed on Tuesday as concerns over higher oil prices damaging corporate profits weighed on investor sentiment, while a dip in retail
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Lexmark Loss Good for Consumers Until earlier this week, some electronics companies were wielding the Digital Millenium Copyright Act -- a law that tries to curtail piracy of music and movies --
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America #39;s great hope in 1,500 has early exit, Devers squeaks into 100 semis Alan Webb, who was supposed to end America #39;s streak of mediocrity in middle-distance races, got outmaneuvered and
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National Semiconductor to Sell Imaging Unit National Semiconductor Corp. said Monday it agreed to sell its imaging business, which makes chips used in small cameras and cell phones, to camera giant Eastman
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Ask Jeeves The ability to edit, categorize, and annotate saved searches and the history list puts a new spin on browser bookmarks. Special search functions help tame wild and woolly search results;
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Olympics: 'People Power' Stops Games Event, Holmes Wins ATHENS (Reuters) - "People's power" stopped a gymnastics final when judges' scoring destroyed Russian Alexei Nemov's Olympic medal hopes on Monday, while Briton Kelly
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England win World Cup England have won the WGC-World Cup for the second time in 50 years, thanks to the heroics of former Walker Cup and current Ryder Cup stars Paul Casey
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Federer Receives Walkover Into Quarters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Roger Federer reached the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open without hitting a ball when Andrei Pavel pulled out with a back
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Treasury Yields Hit 5-Month Lows (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. benchmark Treasuries yields broke\beneath 4.0 percent on Wednesday for the first time in\five-months, driven in part by a jump in oil prices and
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Pettersen in Lead at Wendy's LPGA (AP) AP - A steady downpour didn't qualify as bad weather to Suzann Pettersen. Playing through heavy showers was fine to Pettersen, who took a one-stroke
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WHERE THEY STAND ON The Mideast Second in a series leading up to this weeks presidential debate, which is to focus on foreign policy. The grinding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians
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Northrop, Boeing to Issue Joint NASA Bid (AP) AP - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. and Boeing Co., the world's largest aerospace company, said Tuesday they will bid as a team to
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With president #39;s resignation, civil rights group again in turmoil ATLANTA -- The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is in turmoil again -- this time with the resignation of its president, the Reverend
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Steelers-Dolphins hit prime time Hurricane Jeanne forced the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers to move their game to prime time today. The teams and the league agreed to move the starting time
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Delta shares jump on pilot equity talk SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Delta Air Lines shares rose sharply Wednesday ahead of a Thursday meeting at which the carrier is expected to offer its
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Barrichello crowned in Shanghai Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello powers his Ferrari on the first turn as he leads the pack in the first ever Chinese F1 Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit
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Cingular, AT amp;T Wireless, AT amp;T Agree on Services, Branding ATLANTA - Preparing for the acquisition of AT amp;T Wireless, Cingular has committed to a \$100 million deal to buy network services
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Shinsei Bank to Buy Consumer Credit Co. (AP) AP - Tokyo-based Shinsei Bank is wrapping up an agreement to buy a consumer credit company from UFJ Holdings, a Japanese banking group that
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Ailing Dutch soccer opts for play-off system AMSTERDAM - The Dutch football association KNVB announced on Friday that starting from the 2005-06 season, a play-off system will be introduced in the Premier
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Can Do Private Space Companies Set Tone for Future Spaceflight On Monday, 47 years to the day after the Russians launched the worlds first satellite Sputnik, Mojave Aerospace, a private space company,
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Arizona Gets RB Hambrick and DE Zellner from Raiders (Reuters) Reuters - The Arizona Cardinals\Tuesday acquired running back Troy Hambrick and defensive end\Peppi Zellner from the Oakland Raiders for an undisclosed 2005\draft
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Napster offers service to AT amp;T Wireless users Napster on Wednesday said that Napster to Go, its fledgling portable music service, is now available to AT amp;T Wireless subscribers who use the
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Nalbandian moves into second final of the season Fourth seed David Nalbandian tamed the big-serve threat of Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to move into the final of the 2.
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Mutu set to be charged by FA Adrian Mutu is expected to be charged by the Football Association today following his positive drugs test. The Chelsea striker had an informal meeting with
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No one comes to defense on turnover-plagued day They spent the summer marveling over their lineup changes and their improvement, the big-name veterans they signed and the strategic concepts they imported from
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AMD launches Sempron for low power notebooks AMD has released the Mobile AMD Sempron processor 3000 #39;for Thin and Light Notebooks #39;. The low-power processor is aimed at entry-level notebooks, as opposed
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Strong Quake Reported in Philippines - U.S. Agency (Reuters) Reuters - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6\hit Manila in the Philippines overnight, the U.S. Geological\Survey's earthquake center in Golden, Colorado reported on\Friday.
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SAP CFO Puts Off Margin Target BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Europe's biggest software maker SAP could need a year more than anticipated to reach its profitability target as it spends on research,
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Veritas to buy KVault Software in \$225m deal Veritas Software is to acquire email archiving firm KVault Software (KVS) to bolster its utility computing abilities. The traditional storage management giant will pay
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From Romans to rock stars: the biography of our nation Twelve years and 55,000 entries later, the herculean task of updating the #39;Oxford Dictionary of National Biography #39; has finally been completed.
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US promises enhanced security, economic ties: Islamabad-Delhi <b>...</b> ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The United States on Tuesday assured Pakistan of continuity and expansion of bilateral ties in all spheres, particularly economic and security
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Germany Expands Same-Sex Couples' Rights (AP) AP - German lawmakers expanded the rights of same-sex couples Friday, allowing registered domestic partners to adopt each other's children and making rules on splitting up
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Beaten Rangers on Uefa Cup tightrope Glasgow Rangers #39; hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Uefa Cup suffered a major setback on Thursday when they went down to a 1-0
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SuperFerry 14 bombing solved, says Arroyo Editor #39;s Note: Published on page A1 of the Oct. 12, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. POLICE yesterday filed multiple murder charges against six
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Google AdWords Content Changes Yield Results Google AdWords Content Changes Yield Results\\Search Engine Lowdown's Andy Beal had a chance to speak with Google's Mike Mayzel regarding the changes Google made to their
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Antispam screensaver downs two sites in China Lycos Europe #39;s quot;Make love not spam quot; campaign has killed access to some of the Web sites of its target alleged spammers, Netcraft has
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Gillespie rips through India Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie sparked an Indian collapse Thursday before spinner Anil Kumble hit back with five wickets as bowlers dominated the second day of the fourth
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N.Korea Says Will Never Dismantle Its Atomic Arms SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will never dismantle its nuclear arsenal and will not resume talks on its atomic programs unless the United States
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BEST OF ECT NEWS Biometrics: ThinkPad and Beyond quot;Everything is a trade-off, and the techniques used to find the bad guys will be balanced by our democracy and drive for rights of
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American Aaron Peirsol #39;s Gold Restored on Appeal ATHENS (Reuters) - Aaron Peirsol was awarded gold in the men #39;s 200 meters backstroke at the Athens Olympics on Thursday after winning an
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First Command Paying \$12M in Accords First Command Financial Planning Inc., a company that sold high-fee mutual funds to military officers, has agreed to pay \$12 million to settle regulators #39; charges
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Kazaa launches file-swap defence Lawyers for file-swapping software firm Kazaa have begun their defence in a landmark Australian music piracy case. Kazaa said its software, which allows users to exchange copyrighted music
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Terrorists blamed for Russian plane crashes Evidence of the explosive hexogen was found on a Tu-134 jetliner that crashed in the Tula region south of Moscow, said Sergei Ignatchenko, spokesman for the
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Nigerian villagers shut down oil facilities, trap over 100 workers Angry villagers in Nigeria #39;s restive oil-producing south have stormed and shut down three oil flow stations, preventing at least 107 oil
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Sri Lankan Tamil rebels to resume talks conditionally A senior leader of Sri Lanka #39;s rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said it is ready to resume peace talks with the
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Oil Tops \$48 After U.S. Inventories Dive LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped more than a dollar, climbing above \$48 a barrel Wednesday after U.S. data showed the disruption caused by Hurricane
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Wilson Takes One-Shot Lead at Texas Open (AP) AP - Dean Wilson shot a 5-under 65 on Friday and led first-round leader Ted Purdy by a stroke halfway through the Texas Open.
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Warner offers sales pitch for state NORFOLK -- Gov. Mark Warner used his time in front of an audience of high-powered decision-makers at the commonwealth #39;s annual tech conference Monday to pitch
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Water for Tiger, cash on Shaq We read where Tiger Woods not only hasn #39;t broken up with Swedish bombshell Elin Nordegren but that he is ready to marry her any day
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Oracle sales rise on database demand com September 14, 2004, 2:26 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year
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Willingham surprised, but takes blame for firing South Bend, IN (Sports Network) - Tyrone Willingham admitted he was surprised at his sudden firing as Notre Dame head coach, but at a news
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TXU raises earnings outlook, dividend; to repurchase shares NEW YORK, October 25 (newratings.com) - TXU Corporation (TXU.NYS) has announced a new \$50 million share buyback programme, while more than tripling its quarterly
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British tennis set for grass cutter (AFP) AFP - Britain's Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) could break with a century-old tradition by dropping the word 'lawn' from the governing body's name, it was
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France backs Annan on #39;illegal #39; Iraq war PARIS, Sept 17 (AFP) - France on Friday backed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan #39;s description of the US-led war on Iraq as quot;illegal
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Two Friends of Ponson Detained Two friends of detained Orioles pitcher Sidney Ponson who escaped jail last week have been recaptured, and police are continuing an investigation into allegations that Ponson punched
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Clearly, there #39;s still a lot to be said about BCS We had some good times this season. Remember that time I sat in the press box in Norman and watched your
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Science ; Russian-US crew goes to space, AIDS experiments planned Science News, Kazakhstan - A Russian-US crew blasted off bound for the International Space Station where they will spend six months conducting
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Elbaradei Expresses Hope for Quick Settlement of S. Korea #39;s <b>...</b> Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency has voiced hopes for a quick and conclusive settlement of his agency
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Attacks Sabotage Iraq Reconstruction While attacks on U.S. soldiers remain fairly random and opportunistic, insurgent fighters are targeting places that Iraqis rely on for assistance, frustrating politicians, police and U.S. Army officers.
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Report: North Korea Cracking Down on Mobile Phones (Reuters) Reuters - North Korea is cracking down on the use\of mobile phones in border areas in a bid to stop smuggling and\"spy activities,"
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Van Gundy's Rockets Look Too Much Like the Knicks Jeff Van Gundy is nearly three years removed from his time with the Knicks, but escaping the pressure of New York has not
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Audio Company Crafts New Computerized Suspension System The Framingham, Mass., company best known for audio systems and speakers, has developed a revolutionary computer-controlled suspension system that replaces the traditional shocks and springs
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Regulators Probing Tips on Offerings -WSJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are looking into whether Wall Street firms are providing insider information on upcoming offerings, either on purpose or inadvertently, the
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Network Walkman NW-HD3 supports MP3s Sony is on a roll after the announcement that some of its digital audio players will now support MP3 files. Up to now, they only supported the
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PluggedIn: HDTV 'Starter' Kit for PC Comes with Some Kinks (Reuters) Reuters - High-definition television can\show the sweat beading on an athlete's brow, but the cost of\all the necessary electronic equipment can
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Giants make it six in row J.T. Snow singled in the winning run with one out in the ninth to lead the San Francisco Giants to their sixth straight victory, 5-4, over
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Before the Bell: Krispy Kreme Down 11 Pct NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KKD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KKD.N</A> fell 11 percent before the bell on Monday after the struggling
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US Promotes Mideast Reform Amid Arab Skepticism Arab, Muslim and Western nations gather in Morocco on Saturday in an effort to promote economic and political reform in the Middle East that is
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